Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-22

~For some time. said the doctor to
a Philadelphia Call reporter, Il have
been attending cOlored man on Wood
street who is confined to his bed BY
chronic disorder. There was no
money in the case, but a true physician
never thinks Of that, and kept peg
ging away at my man until got him
on the turn Then he fell back again,
and / began to think that bis mind was
diseased-that is, that he was brooding
over something. and that plays the
mischief with medicine. You take the
case of beautiful girl who loses her
hair from fever. Her recovery IL re-
tarded for weeks if you give her
looking-glass
'.Well, kept quiet and made myself
friendly, and Oue day the secret came
out he waited until he was alone
with me, and then he asked me to go
to a closet in the room and hunt up
black stocking. did SO and handed
it to him, and he took therefrom some
thing that looked like a bundle Of rags.
Removing the rags disclosed roll Of
paper tied with old twine, and inside
was piece of chamois, and inside of
thata beautiful gold watch. Ihad been
watching these proceedings with con-
siderable interest, and when saw the
watch | jumped ut once to the conclu-
sion that my patient was about TO
make restitution for robbery. /
was mistaken.
"You's away off, boss, said he, with
a smile, as he evidently read my
thoughts. 1 didn't stole that watch;
/ found 'um. | picked up that wash
bout a year ago on the corner of IStiI
and Market streets, and want to give
um back before | die The story
looked fishv, but it all turned mt nat
urally enough when | questioned him.
He found the watch and brought it
home and told no one about it for fear
of being robbed. He didn't advertise
it because he had no money to pay for
the advertisement, and he didn t read
the papers to see if reward had been
offered simply because neither he nor
any of his family could read. So he
hid the watch in u closet and did moth
ing atall.
II examined the watch and saw that
it was a lady's watch and valuable.
On the inside of the case was engraved
date and the name Sarah Matilda
ShreYe Here was clew. What do
you want me to do with this?' asked.
He replied that was 10 find the owner
and return the watch with or without
reward. and he seemed actually CRATE
full as carried it away.
When | returned to my Office |
got out the directory and wrote letter
to every ShreTe in the city, about
a half-dozen, detailing the circum-
stances and asking for Sarah Matilda.
The next day l got letter from a
Shreye telling me that the owner of
the watch was now the wife of prom
ineat eitizen-never mind his name
and lived at 18th and Pine. That af-
ternoon l called ON the lady, told my
story, and she identified the watch be-
yond question and told how she lost
it in coming from Broad street station.
''She was gratified at its recovery
and surprised whea she heard where
it had been for a year, and lam happy
to say that her gratitude did not stop
at words. The next day she called to
see my patient and left a, liberal pres
ent behind her, and she has been a
regular caller ever since. The result
is that my man is getting well, and it
looks now as if his modest future was
assured.